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946.0. "Christmas Cat Show/Crafts Show 12-12/13 Boston" by TOPDOC::TRACHMAN () Mon Dec 07 1987 11:29

           CHRISTMAS CAT SHOW - CHRISTMAS CRAFTS FAIR
    
    Date:  December 12th & 13th
    
    Time:  Saturday 11 am  to 8 pm  -  Note: different times for Sat.
           Sunday    9 am  to 6 pm                               & Sun.
                                         
    Location:  Boston Teacher's Union/Bayside Expo Center
               Boston MA
    
    Note:  The Cat Show is being held in the Teacher's Union
           The Craft Show is being held in the Expo Center
           They have different entrances - you will not be
           able to go from one to the other even though
           they are connected (Sorry !).
    
    DIRECTIONS:
    
    From the South:  Take 95 North to 93 North (Fitzgerald Expressway/
                     S.E. Expressway).  Take Exit 13 off 93 North; 
                     at the end of the ramp turn left under the 
                     highway and take the first right onto Freeport
                     Street.  Turn right onto Morrisey Blvd.  Continue
                     past theBoston Globe Building and enter the
                     rotary.  Take the next exit off the rotary
                     (toward the Expo Center).  This is Day Blvd.
                     Stay on Day Blvd untilyou pass the Metro Police
                     Station (on the right).  The entrance to the
                     North Entrance of the Expo Center/Teacher's 
                     Union Parking Lot is on the right.
    
    From the West:   Mass Pike East until it merges with 93 South
                     (S.E. Expressway).  From 93 South take Exit 15
                     marked JFK Library/U.Mass Dorchester.  At the
                     end of ramp, turn left under highway.  Pass the
                     JFK/U.Mass T-Station on the right and enter
                     rotary.  Take second road off the rotary
                     (Day Blvd).  Continue on Day Blvd until you
                     pass the Metro Police Station.  The North
                     Entrance to the Expo Center/Teacher's Union
                     Parking Lot is just after the Police Station
                     on the right.
    
    From the North:  93 South or 95 South and go over Tobin Bridge
                     to 93 South.  Go through Boston onto Expressway
                     and follow direction From the West.
    
    This should be a real extravganza - Top Ten format in all 12 Rings
    for Household Pets - Morris Trophy will be awarded Sunday night.
    The Best Kitten award from the Morris Animal Foundation will be
    awarded to the Best of the Best Kitten Sunday night also.
    There will be a Frost The SnowCat Ring on Sunday, and the hall
    will  be fully decorated with the theme Christmas!
    There will be many vendors - it's a great time to stock up on
    toys, kitty beds, kitty furniture, food and any other kitty needs.
    The craft show is one of the biggest around, so bring your 
    Christmas list - good time for Christmas shopping.
    
    Hope to see lots of noters there - check the ends of the rows for
    the list of exhibitors  benched in that row.  If you buy a
    catalog, you can look on the bench cage for the entry number card
    on the cage.  If you have any questions, don't hesitate to call
    or send mail: DTN: 264-8298 TOPDOC::TRACHMAN.
    
                      MERRY CHRISTMAS
    
                                            E.T. & ZhivagoCats
    
    
                     

    How nice!  I was just going to put in a note asking when and where
    the next cat show is, so I could get some Christmas presents for
    my kitties!  I've never been to one, so it should be quite an
    experience for me too!

    Thanks Elaine!!!!!
    
    That's ditto for me I've never been to one either and can't wait!!!
    Just hope my schedule allows it......  Maybe I'll even get the idea
    to show my babies in the house-pets division....  Hmmmm...
    
    I've got one question though.  I know they must sell everything
    imagineable for cats there but are there prices lower then what
    I'd normally pay.  If so I have to make sure to bring lots of $$$'s.
    
    Thanks again for all the info and hope to meet you.
    
                                                                   
      KIM

    .1 & .2
    
    Glad to hear you all are thinking of going - it should really be
    fun - if you have never been to a show, this will be a fun first
    show - lots of decorations in the hall, lots of stuff for sale
    both in the show hall and at the craft show - it's usually warm
    inside the hall, so don't dress too warmly - Boston shows usually
    draw large crowds (and I do mean large - the Coply Plaza show had
    6,000 through the gate for the weekend) - prices at the shows are
    almost always less expensive for food & toys than Pet Shops, etc.
    Really an ecconomical & fun way to shop!  From what I hear there
    will be plenty of parking - but isn't there a T-stop near the Expo
    Center?  Might be handy unless you are thinking of bringing home
    cat trees or stuff like that.  
    
    Kim, I hope you do decide to show your babies - the more the merrier!
    When you are at the show, remember to pick up some show flyers for
    the future shows.  If you have any questions, just holler!  Oh yeah,
    if any of the exhibitors give you a glassy-eyed look, it's because
    they are probably exhausted - this is a 12-ring show - I'm only
    entering 2 cat, but that will be crazy because from what I understand
    the rings are on the ends of the hall and that means a lot of running
    from one end to the other - every now and then, we (household pets)
    are up in more than one ring at a time - makes life interesting!
    See you there - I hope you enjoy!
    
           ZhivagoCat Lady